Why We Can’t Have Honest Leaders

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Interesting conclusion – the American intelligentsia is overwhelmingly agnostic or atheist, but the public is overwhelmingly religious. Therefore, our smartest potential leaders are unelectable unless they lie about their religious beliefs. Which means that we cannot have a leader who is both smart and honest.

I have said many times before that most of our presidents were probably closet atheists. I include the current resident in that category too.